Table 1

Baseline characteristic of patients with pharmacist intervention

(n=557)
CharacteristicsPatients with relevant PI: n (%)
N=382
Patients without relevant PI: n (%)
N=175
p Value
Gender
 Female (281, 50.4%)184 (48.2%)97 (55.4%)0.112*
 Male (276, 49.6%)198 (51.8%)78 (44.6%)
Age (mean age+SD)
 66.7+16.766.20+19.3367.69+16.270.328†
Number of interventions
 1 (337, 60.5%)199 (52.1%)138 (78.9%)<0.001‡
 2 (121, 21.7%)96 (25.1%)25 (14.3%)
 ≥3 (99, 17.8%)87 (22.8%)12 (6.8%)
  • 2 test.

  • †Independent sample Student's t-test.

  • ‡Independent sample Mann-Whitney U test.

  • PI, pharmacist intervention.